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Post Holdings to Acquire US Sausage Maker Bob Evans Farms for $1.5bn
Sep 21, 2017Post Holdings has agreed to acquire Ohio-based sausage maker Bob Evans Farms for nearly $1.5bn to strengthen its position in refrigerated retail and food-service channels. The acquisition, which will see the American packaged foods ...
Tags: Post Holdings, Sausage
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Sanderson Farms Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Allegedly Misleading Investors
Nov 14, 2016Sanderson Farms, an integrated poultry processing company, has been hit by a class action lawsuit filed in a US district court in New York for allegedly making misleading statements to its investors. Pomerantz, a law firm with presence in ...
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Omron Pleads Guilty In Automotive Component Bid Rigging Case, To Pay $4.6m Fine
Mar 22, 2016Japanese Omron Automotive Electronics (OAE) has agreed to plead guilty and pay $4.6m fine for its involvement in rigging bids for power window switches in Honda Civics, the US department of justice (DoJ) said. The justice department said ...
Tags: OAE, Bid rigging case
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Hill-Romused Facing a Lawsuit for Squeezing out Competitors in The Hospital Rental Market
Jan 16, 2015Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on January 14, 2015 Hill-Rom—the dominant player in the U.S. hospital bed market—is facing a federal lawsuit in western Texas that alleges that the company has used its ...
Tags: Hospital Bed Maker, Health
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Cutrale and Safra Groups Announced That The Previously Announced Tender Offer
Dec 29, 2014The Cutrale and Safra Groups announced that the previously announced tender offer by its affiliate, Cavendish Acquisition Corporation, for all outstanding shares of common stock of Chiquita Brands International at a price of $14.50 per ...
Tags: antitrust laws, Agriculture
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Schenker AG Will Seek Damages Estimated at USD 2.5 Billion
Dec 3, 2014File photo courtesy of Qantas. Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) logistics subsidiary, Schenker AG, will seek damages estimated at USD 2.5 billion — approximately $370 million in the US and $2.19 billion in Germany including interest ...
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The $156 Million Final Judgment Against Nucor Corp
May 8, 2014The $156 million final judgment against Nucor Corp. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., American Alloy Steel Inc. and JSW Steel (USA), for conspiring to drive competitor MM Steel LP out of business was delayed Monday by US District Judge Kenneth ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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AQHA Filed Installment in Long-Running Court Case Relative to Cloned Horse Registrations
Jan 9, 2014The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) has filed the latest installment in a long-running court case relative to cloned horse registration. Some owners have used the cloning process-which was first performed on horses in 2003-to ...
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The 4 Plants Are Ardagh Facilities in Florida,Georgia ,VNA Facilities in Illinois,Carolina
Sep 25, 2013The US Federal Trade Commission in July announced it had filed a complaint aimed at stopping Ardagh’s acquisition of the Verallia North America (VNA) unit, which makes jam jars and drinks bottles for the US market. Ardagh said that ...
Tags: Ardagh, Anti-Trust Issues
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Alcoa's Declining Market Capital and Low Share Price Prompted Officials with S&P Dow Jones
Sep 12, 2013Alcoa's declining market capital and low share price prompted officials with S&P Dow Jones Indices to remove the US aluminum major from its Dow Jones industrial average Tuesday. "Alcoa's market capital was dead last among the 30 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, aluminum
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Who Bought E-Books Between Apple and Five Major Publishers May Be Eligible to Payments
Sep 3, 2013Customers who bought e-books during a period of alleged price-fixing between Apple and five major publishers may be eligible to compensation payments. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has announced ...
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The Federal Trade Commission Is Seeking to Block Ardagh Group's Planned Acquisition
Jul 26, 2013The Federal Trade Commission is seeking to block Ardagh Group's planned acquisition of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA's SGO.FR +1.92%U.S. glass-bottle operations, saying the purchase would violate antitrust laws. Ardagh, a glass and ...
Tags: Glass-Bottle, Construction
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The FTC Issued an Administrative Complaint Against The Two Companies
Jul 10, 2013The Federal Trade Commission challenged Ardagh Group, S.A.'s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc., alleging that it will reduce competition and result in the two firms - the merged firm and its only remaining ...
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Apple Didn't Try to Fix or Raise The Prices of Electronic Books
Jun 19, 2013Apple didn't try to fix or raise the prices of electronic books when it entered into the market in 2010, according to Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue. Rather, he says, the company was only working to ensure a profit for itself. ...
Tags: Apple, Electronic Book Market
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Google Faces Another Antitrust Probe by Us Regulators Into Whether The Firm Is Using
May 28, 2013Google is facing another antitrust probe by US regulators into whether the firm is using its Google is facing another antitrust probe by US regulators into whether the firm is using its position as the world's number one web organisation to ...
Tags: Computer Products